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    Mctrosjjccttoc Mcbtcto: OR, COMPANION TO...

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    " Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, o...

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    jVo. IV.— Catalogues of Cheap Books.—Cur...

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    Mctrosjjccttoc Mcbtcto: Or, Companion To...

    Mctrosjjccttoc Mcbtcto : OR , COMPANION TO THE LOVER OF OLD BOOKS .

    " Old Wood To Burn, Old Wine To Drink, O...

    " Old wood to burn , old wine to drink , old friends to eonrerse with , and old books to read . "—Alfonso , King op Arragon .

    Jvo. Iv.— Catalogues Of Cheap Books.—Cur...

    jVo . IV . — Catalogues of Cheap Books . —Curious Final Interview of Queen Anne and the Duchess of Marlborough .

    As catalogues have flowed in upon us this month , we cannot but preface our Review with a word or two on such lists of books for their own sake , and to show our abundant

    worthiness to receive them . And first we must observe , that they give a comfortable thickness to our Magazine and invest it like good winter clothing , or make it plump and pleasant to

    handle . They are flesh to its bones . Secondly , to readers like our § , they are an addition to the actual reading furnished by it ; for a catalogue is not a mere catalogue , orui $ t of saleables , as Hihe uninitiated may fancy . Even a common auctioneer ' s

    catalogue of goods and chattels suggests a thousand reflections to a peruser of any knowledge ; judge then wiia-t the c $ s $ must b # yyjtik & iftffilogwft flf books ; tbenyery , tjtle $ q £ wMeh pin the rounds of the whole world , visible a # 4 mviisible ,- ^ e 0 giriK

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    phies , biographies , histories ,, loves , hates , joys , sorrows , cookeries , sciences , fashions , and eternity ! Thirdly , we speak on this subject from the most literal experience ; for often and often have we cut

    open a new catalogue of old books with all the fervour and ivory folder of a first love ; often read one at tea 5 nay , at dinner ; and have put crosses

    against dozens of volumes in the list , out of the pure imagination of buying them , the possibility being out of the question !

    Now we ask the candid cheap-bookseller , whether this is not a man to advertise with , and to bring readers to his

    shop ? : bookseller . Why ask tfee question , Mr Editor , when you see we have anticipated it ? r Edit . Excelleutr—But the fact is , it is pleasant to ask questions when you have se-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1837, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01121837/page/55/